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What did he do in the middle of the night?Well,I'm not sure,but he was often heard ________.


  1. A.
    playing the piano
  2. B.
    to play piano
  3. C.
    play the piano
  4. D.
    to be playing piano

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What did he do in the middle of the night?

Well,I'm not sure,but he was often heard ________.

[  ]

A.playing the piano
B.to play piano
C.play the piano
D.to be playing piano

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听力(共两节,满分30分)

第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

W:I have had four colds this winter and I think I am catching another.

M:I have only had half that many, but my wife has had six.

1.How many colds has the man had?

A.Eight.

B.Two.

C.Four.

M:Sorry.I have forgotten Mary’s address.

W:You forgot again! It’s 1646 Garden Street.

2.What’s Mary’s address?

A.1664 Garden Street.

B.1664 Guard Street.

C.1646 Garden Street.

W:Ten dollars’ worth of stamps, please.

M:With pleasure.Would you like to mail something?

W:Not now, thanks.Here is ten dollars.

3.What does the woman want to do?

A.To buy some stamps.

B.To mail something.

C.To mail some letters.

M:Hello, Della.You’re a bit late today.

W:Yes, Mr.White.I’m sorry,…er…I forgot my book and I…went…

M:You went back for it?

W:Yes.

M:You shouldn’t have gone back for it.You could have shared one.Della, sit down now.

4.What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A.Boss and secretary.

B.Teacher and student.

C.Librarian and borrower.

M:What did you think of Dennis?

W:Which one was Dennis? Was he the one who played the piano?

5.What do we learn from the conversation?

A.Dennis was a piano player.

B.The woman didn’t know the pianist, but she knew Dennis.

C.The woman didn’t know who Dennis was.

第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料,回答第6~8题。

M:Alice, it’s almost vacation time.Have you found a summer job yet?

W:I think I can work at the boy’s camp where I worked last summer.But camp jobs don’t pay much.

M:I can get a job at the Friendship Hotel.A friend of mine was a waiter there last summer.The pay was not good, but he got lose of tips.

W:A friend of my sister’s did that one summer.

M:What I want is a job outside.After sitting in college classes all winter, I’d like a job in the open air.

W:The high school kids earn a lot of money every summer cutting grass.My brother is only fourteen, but he gets five dollars every time he cuts someone’s grass.It only takes him an hour.

M:That’s pretty good.I used to cut grass when I was in high school.But now I think I might work for a road-building company, or something like that.

W:It would be good experience.You could learn a lot.

6.What was the woman speaker?

A.A college student.

B.A middle school student.

C.A housewife.

7.What kind of job would the woman like to do?

A.Housework.

B.Office work.

C.Work in the open air.

8.What job might the woman finally take?

A.Working for a road-building company.

B.Cutting grass.

C.Typing letters in the office.

听第7段材料,回答第9~11题。

W:Hello, 577618.

M:Hello! Could I speak to Tom?

W:I’m sorry he’s out.He’s at the cinema at the moment.

M:Is that Mrs.Brown?

W:Yes, this is Tom’s Mother.Do you have anything important to tell Tom? Can I take a message for him?

M:Sure.This is Bill.We’re going to have a picnic next Sunday.Please ask him to bring some delicious food along.

W:OK.I’ll leave the message on his desk.

M:Thanks a lot.Bye!

W:Bye.

9.Where is Tom now?

A.In the school.

B.In a restaurant.

C.At the cinema.

10.Who answers the telephone?

A.Mrs.Brown, Tom’s sister.

B.Mrs.Brown, Tom’s mother.

C.Mrs.Black, Tom’s aunt.

11.What does Bill want Tom to do?

A.Bring some food for the picnic.

B.Bring some toys for the game.

C.Bring some toys for the trip.

听第8段材料,回答第12~14题。

W:What was the party like last night, Jack?

M:Not bad at all, thanks.Why didn’t you come?

W:Well I couldn’t get away from work early.And when I got home.I had a headache, so I had to go straight to bed, but I was over-tired because I wasn’t able to get to sleep for hours.

M:Why didn’t you take some medicine?

W:I don’t like to.I used to take medicine when I had to work overtime, you know.

M:Do you still drink coffee at night?

W:No.But now, I like to drink tea.

M:That’s bad.You must stop it.

12.How was the party like last night?

A.It was good.

B.It failed completely.

C.It was dull.

13.Why couldn’t the woman go to the party last night?

A.Because she wasn’t feeling well.

B.Because she forgot the date.

C.Because she disliked it.

14.What did she drink at night recently?

A.Beer.

B.Coffee.

C.Tea.

听第9段材料,回答第15~17题。

M:How do you do?

W:How do you do?

M:Would you please tell me where you are from?

W:I am from Greece.

M:It’s a beautiful place isn’t it.I hope I’ll go there some day.

W:You are welcome to our country.

M:What’s the climate like in your country?

W:It’s very pleasant.

M:What’s the weather like in spring?

W:In March, it is often windy.It’s always warm in April and May.

M:It’s very hot in summer, isn’t it?

W:Yes, in June, July and August, the sun shines every day.

M:What’s the weather like in autumn?

W:It’s always warm in September and October.It’s often cold in November and it rains sometimes.

M:Is it very cold in winter?

W:Yes, it is.It snows sometimes.

M:I see.

15.What’s the weather like in Greece?

A.Pleasant.

B.Terrible.

C.Neither good nor bad.

16.What’s the weather like in spring?

A.The sun shines every day.

B.It’s often windy in March and always warm in April and May.

C.It’s always warm and never rains.

17.What’s the relationship between the man and the woman?

A.Husband and wife.

B.Friends.

C.A Greek and a stranger.

听第10段材料,回答第18~20题。

  Not long ago, Charles White and his family decided to do some spring housecleaning.Sorting through their possessions, they came up with some 1500 old, unwanted items-chairs, warm rugs, lamps, dishes, books, used clothes and all sorts of other things they no longer needed.The Whites decided to do what a lot of other Americans are doing these days-have a “Garage sale”.They posted homemade signs throughout the neighborhood, ran an advertisement in the local newspaper, then sent out the collection of unwanted objects on the front yard of their suburban home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and waited to see if anyone would come.The Whites needn’t have worried, eager buyers bought all but 50 or so of the items in one weekend, leaving the family $442 richer.

  Garage sale, yard sale, basement sale-whatever they’re called and wherever they’re held, Americans are having them in ever-increasing numbers.

18.What did the Whites do before they had the garage sale?

A.They went shopping.

B.They did some housecleaning and sorted the possessions.

C.They made a wonderful picnic in their hometown.

19.Which of the following is not mentioned in the talking?

A.The Whites do not need to worry their “garage sale”.

B.American did not enjoy such sales.

C.The Whites advertised their garage sale.

20.How much money did the Whites make?

A.$440.

B.$441.

C.$442.

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听力

第一节

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

M:How many students passed the College English Examination last term?

W:Well, let me see.1060 students took the exam, but half of them failed.

1.How many students did the woman believe had passed the examination?

A.1060.

B.1016.

C.530.

W:Look here, darling.The paper says people tend to feel unwell if they sleep less than six hours a day.

M:That may be true for you, but it certainly isn’t true for me.

2.What can we conclude from the man’s reply?

A.He wants to have more sleep.

B.His wife doesn’t sleep well.

C.He doesn’t need as much sleep as his wife.

W:Did you see last night’s film on Channel 4?

M:Well, I meant to see it, but a friend of mine came to see me.We had a nice long talk about our school days.

3.What did the man do last night?

A.He watched TV with his friend.

B.He stayed at home talking with his friends.

C.He went to see a film with his friend.

M:Congratulations! I understand you’ve got a job.When will you start to work?

W:You must be thinking of someone else.I’m still waiting to hear the good news.

4.What does the woman mean?

A.She doesn’t need the job.

B.She hasn’t got a job yet.

C.She has got a job.

W:What can I do for you, gentleman? Maybe you like this suit, because the color matches your skin and it is the latest fashion.

M:Yes, it’s really a good suit and it’s a good color.But I just walk around and watch.Thank you just the same.

5.What did the man accept?

A.The color.

B.The suit.

C.Nothing.

第二节

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料,回答第6~8题。

W:Lovely day, isn’t it?

M:Oh yes, beautiful.

W:You’re not English, are you?

M:No, I’m from Italy.But my mother was born and brought up in England.

W:How long have you been learning English?

M:For three years now.

W:For three years? Goodness me! Your English is very good.

M:Thank you.But there’s still a lot more for me to learn.

W:How long are you going to stay in this country?

M:Another two months.Then I’ll have to go back to Italy to start work.

W:A cousin of mine went to Italy last year.He’s an engineer, you know.

M:Really? What did he think of Italy?

W:He must like it very much, because he hasn’t come back yet.I hope you’ll also enjoy your stay in England.

M:Thank you.I’m sure I will.

6.What nationality is the man?

A.Italian.

B.Greek.

C.English.

7.When will the man go back home?

A.In half a year.

B.In about two months.

C.In three years.

8.What does the woman’s cousin do?

A.He is visiting all parts of Italy.

B.He works as an engineer.

C.He is learning English there.

听第7段材料,回答第9~11题。

GIRL:Hello.Is that Uncle George? Where are you? Wait a minute, please.I’ll call Mother, it’s Uncle George.

W:George, dear.Where are you? At the corner of Pine and State Street? Wait there.Michael can come and get you.

M:No.It’s not necessary.We drove the car.Give me the directions.I’ll find my way.

W:Go north on State Street to Main Street.There’s a large square there.Turn left.Continue to King Road.Turn right.Continue on King Road to Seventh Street.Turn left.We’re in the middle of the block.Can you repeat the directions, George?

M:I think so.I have to go north on State Street to Main Street.I turn left to King Road, I continue on King Road.I turn right to Seventh Street.I turn left and go to the middle of the block.

W:That’s it.I’ll see you soon, George.Mary, is the table set?

GIRL:Yes, Mother.Come and look.

W:It looks very pretty.Thank you, Mary.

9.What are Mother and Mary doing when Uncle George calls?

A.They are going to get Uncle George.

B.They are preparing the dinner.

C.They are setting a table.

10.Who answers the telephone?

A.Mary.

B.Mother.

C.Uncle George.

11.Where do Mary and her mother live?

A.At King Road.

B.At Main Street.

C.In the Middle of the block.

听第8段材料,回答第12~14题。

W:Christmas is coming near.Li Ming, would you allow me to ask you a question?

M:Go ahead.

W:Do you celebrate Christmas in your country?

M:It all depends.Most Chinese people don’t celebrate Christmas, but now in many big cities people begin to do.

W:Oh, I see.But in the west it is the biggest holiday of the year.Everyone is busy shopping to get presents for friends and relatives before Christmas Eve.

M:That sounds exciting.

W:Children hang stockings in Christmas trees so that Santa Claus can put some candy and toys into them.

M:Really?I can’t imagine it.

W:In fact, it’s a kind of celebration.

12.Do people in the man’s country celebrate Christmas?

A.People in the countryside do.

B.People in many big cities do.

C.All the people do.

13.What do people in the west do before Christmas Eve?

A.Buying presents for friends and relatives.

B.Staying at home watching TV.

C.Going to the supermarkets to buy daily goods.

14.Why do children hang stockings in Christmas trees?

A.Their parents will give them new pairs.

B.Santa Claus can put candy and toys in them.

C.Santa Claus and toys can sleep in them.

听第9段材料,回答第15~17题。

M:Please, I’d like a ticket to Chicago.

W:For today?

M:No, early Monday morning.

W:We have a flight that will put you there at 9 a. m., is that OK?

M:Nothing earlier? I have an appointment at 8∶30.

W:I’m afraid not, unless you want a night flight.

M:A night flight?

W:Yes, with Northwest Airlines.It will get you there bright and early, at 6∶45 a. m. in fact.Is that too early?

M:I guess that will be OK.What’s the difference in price?

W:Better price.The night flight is cheaper.One way or round trip?

M:One way.Sounds good.I’ll take it.Sixty-two fifty you said?

W:Sixty-three seventy-five with tax.The flight number is 302 at Gate Five, Kennedy Airport.

M:I’ll be there on time.

W:Thank you, Mr.Li.Check-in time is one hour before take-off.Have a good trip.

15.Which flight will the man take?

A.A night flight.

B.An early morning flight.

C.A flight from Chicago.

16.What is the plane’s arrival time?

A.6∶45 a. m.

B.8∶30 a. m.

C.3∶02 p. m.

17.What conclusion can we draw?

A.There’s only one flight to Chicago.

B.A night flight is cheaper than a regular day-time flight.

C.Check-in time is after take-off.

听第10段材料,回答第18~20题。

  This topic is about greeting in China.A few years ago, people would greet each other with the words “Have you had your breakfast or lunch or supper?” “Yes, how about you?” Then politely, both would leave with a smile on their faces.

  This kind of greeting tells us what people cared about many years ago.For many years, having enough to eat was the most important thing for the Chinese people.The life of most people in China has become much better now.They do not worry about their food and clothing any more.The greeting has changed to “What are you going to do?” or “Where are you going?”

  Though the greeting has no other meaning than saying hello, it often puzzles other people who are not familiar with China.Nowadays, more and more people are using “How are you?” to greet each other.It is certainly the best way for people to say hello to each other.

18.What did people mostly care about many years ago?

A.Are you full or hungry?

B.Where are you going?

C.Good manners.

19.What does the change of greetings in China show?

A.People are less polite to each other.

B.People have bad manners now.

C.People’s life is better.

20.Which is the best way for people to say hello to each other?

A.How do you do?

B.How are you?

C.Good morning.

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My Way to Success

From the day I signed up for the Naumburg Competition, everything changed. I had made a decision to start again, to save my life, and that meant a 360-degree turnaround.
I kept on practicing. An enormous amount of work had to be done in two months. I went from not practicing at all to thirteen hours a day.
I spent two weeks just playing scales. If I thought I sounded bad before, now I sounded worse than awful.
At the time I lived on 72nd Street, close to West End Avenue. I had an apartment with a window the size of a shoebox. I didn't do mylaundry. I left my apartment only to walk to Juilliard─and not onBroadway like everyone else. I walked up Amsterdam Avenue because I didn't want to see anybody, didn't want to run into anybody, didn't want anyone to ask what I was doing.
I stopped going to classes and became a hermit. I even talked Miss DeLay into giving my lesson at night.
My eating habits were awful. I lived on fried sausages, a pint of peanut butter/chocolate ice cream, and a gallon of Coca-Cola every day. That's all I ate for eight weeks.
I was nuts. I was completely obsessed with getting back into shape, with doing well in this competition. If I could, people would know I was still on earth. Not to count me out; to stop asking, “Whatever happened to Nadja?”
The last week before the Naumburg auditions, I couldn't touch the violin. I had worked and worked and worked and worked and then I just couldn't work anymore.
I certainly could have used it. I wasn't as prepared as I should have been. But I simply had to say, “Nadja, you've dedicated yourself to this thing. Ready or not, do your best.”
Fifty violinists from around the world auditioned for the competition on May 25, 26, and 27, 1981. Those that made it past thepreliminaries would go on to the semifinals. Those that passed that stage would go to the finals. In years past, one violinist was chosen as winner and two received second and third place.
On May 26, the day of my audition, I went to the Merkin Concert Hall at 67th Street and Broadway. I waited, played for twenty minutes, and went home. I couldn't tell whether the preliminary judges were impressed or not. I'd find out the next evening.
Maybe subconsciously I was trying to keep busy; that night, when I fried the sausages, I accidentally set my apartment on fire. I grabbed my cat and my violin, and ran out the door. The fire was put out, but everything in my place was wrecked.
Fortunately, the phone was okay and on the evening of May 27, I had the news from Lucy Rowan Mann of Naumburg. Thirteen of us had made it.
Talk about mixed emotions. I was thrilled to be among the thirteen; a group that included established violinists, some of whom had already made records. But it also meant I had to play the next day in the semifinals of the competition.
Everyone entering the competition had been given two lists of concertos. One was a list of standard repertory pieces. The other list was twentieth-century repertory. For our big competition piece, we were to choose from each list and play a movement from one in the semifinals, and a movement from the other in the finals─if we made it that far.
From the standard repertory list, I chose the Tchaikovsky Concerto. I had been playing the Tchaik for three years, so it was a good piece for me.
From the twentieth-century list, I chose the Prokofiev G minor Concerto. I had never played it onstage before.
My goal had been just passing the auditions, but now my thought pattern began to change. If I wanted a sliver of a chance of advancing again, my brain said, “Play your strong piece first.”
Logically, I should play the Tchaikovsky in the semifinals just to make it to the next stage. Who cared if that left me with a piece I probably wouldn't play as well in the finals of the competition? It'd be a miracle to get that far.
There wouldn't be more than seven violinists chosen for the final round, and if I were in the top seven of an international group, that was plenty good enough.
The semifinals were held on May 28 in Merkin Concert Hall. You were to play for thirty minutes: your big piece first, then the judges would ask to hear another.
There was a panel of eight judges. They had a piece of paper with my choices of the Tchaikovsky and the Prokofiev in front of them. “Which would you like to play?” they asked.
I said meekly, “Prokofiev.”
My brain and all the logic in the world had said, “Play your strong piece.” My heart said, “Go for it all. Play your weak piece now, save Tchaikovsky for the finals.”
Maybe I don't listen to logic so easily after all.
My good friend, the pianist Sandra Rivers, had been chosen as accompanist for the competition. She knew I was nervous. There had been a very short time to prepare; I was sure there'd be memory slips, that I'd blank out in the middle and the judges would throw me out. My hands were like ice.
The first eight measures of the Prokofiev don't have accompaniment. The violin starts the piece alone. So I started playing.
I got through the first movement and Sandra said later my face was as white as snow. She said I was so tense, I was beyond shaking. Just a solid brick.
It was the best I'd ever played it. No memory slips at all. Technically, musically, it was there.
I finished it thinking, “Have I sold my soul for this? Is the devil going to visit me at midnight? How come it went so well?”
I didn't know why, but often I do my best under the worst of circumstances. I don't know if it's guts or a determination not to disappoint people. Who knows what it is, but it came through for me, and I thank God for that.
As the first movement ended, the judges said, “Thank you.” Then they asked for the Carmen Fantasy.
I turned and asked Sandy for an A, to retune, and later she said the blood was just rushing back into my face.
I whispered, “Sandy, I made it. I did it.”
“Yeah,” she whispered back, kiddingly, “too bad you didn't screw up. Maybe next time.”
At that point I didn't care if I did make the finals because I had played the Prokofiev so well. I was so proud of myself for coming through.
I needed a shot in the arm; that afternoon I got evicted. While I was at Merkin, my moped had blown up. For my landlord, that was the last straw.
What good news. I was completely broke and didn't have the next month's rent anyway. The landlord wanted me out that day. I said, “Please, can I have two days. I might get into the finals, can I please go through this first?”
I talked him into it, and got back to my place in time for the phone call. “Congratulations, Nadja,”“they said. “You have made the finals.”
I had achieved the ridiculously unlikely, and I had saved my best piece. Yet part of me was sorry. I wanted it to be over already. In the three days from the preliminaries to the semifinals, I lost eight pounds. I was so tired of the pressure.
There was a fellow who advanced to the finals with me, an old, good friend since Pre-College. Competition against friends is inevitable in music, but I never saw competition push a friendship out the window so quickly. By the day of the finals, I hated him and he hated me. Pressure was that intense.
The finals were held on May 29 at Carnegie Hall and open to the public. I was the fourth violinist of the morning, then there was a lunch break, and three more violinists in the afternoon.
I played my Tchaikovsky, Saint-Sa‘ns’s Havanaise, and Ravel's Tzigane for the judges: managers, famous violinists, teachers, and critics. I went on stage at five past eleven and finished at noon. Those fifty-five minutes seemed like three days.
I was so relieved when I finished playing; I was finished! It's impossible to say how happy I was to see the dressing room. I went out for lunch with my friends. It was like coming back from the grave. We laughed and joked and watched TV.
As I returned to Carnegie Hall to hear the other violinists, I realized I'd made a big mistake: they might ask for recalls. A recall is when they can't decide between two people and they want you to play again. It's been done; it's done all the time in competitions. No way was I in shape to go onstage and play again.
In the late afternoon, the competition was over. Everybody had finished playing. Quite luckily─no recalls.
The judges deliberated for an hour. The tension in the air was unbelievable. All the violinists were sitting with their little circle of friends. I had my few friends around me, but no one was saying much now.
Finally, the Naumburg Foundation president Robert Mann came on stage.
“It's always so difficult to choose ...” he began.
“Every year we hold this competition,” Robert Mann said. “And in the past, we've awarded three prizes. This year we've elected to only have one prize, the first prize.”
My heart sank. Nothing for me. Not even Miss Congeniality.
“We have found,” Mann went on, “that second place usually brings great dismay to the artist because they feel like a loser. We don't want anyone here to feel like a loser. Every finalist will receive five hundred dollars except the winner, who will receive three thousand dollars.”
And then he repeated how difficult it was to choose, how well everyone had played ...dah, dah, dah.
I was looking down at the floor.  
“The winner is ...”
And he said my name.
A friend next to me said, “Nadja, I think you won!”
I went numb. My friends pulled me up and pointed me toward the stage. It was a long walk because I had slipped into a seat in the back. Sitting up in front was my old friend. I would have to walk right past him and I was dreading it, but before I could, he got up and stopped me.
He threw his arms around me and I threw my arms around him. I kept telling him how sorry I was. I was holding him and started to cry, saying, “I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.” I didn't want to lose, but I really didn't want him to lose either. And he was holding me and saying, “Don't be sorry. I'm so proud of you.” It was over, and we would be friends again.
I took my bow, then ran to Juilliard. Ten blocks uptown, one block west, to give Miss DeLay the news. She could be proud of me now, too.
Suddenly, everything was clear. Playing the violin is what I'd do with my life. Heaven handed me a prize: “You've been through a lot, kid. Here's an international competition.”
Everything had changed when I prepared for the Naumburg, and now everything changed again. I made my first recording. Between September 1981 and May 1982, I played a hundred concerts in America, made one trip to Europe, then two months of summer festivals. And people asked me back.
There was a great deal of anxiety playing in Europe for the first time. But I was able to rely on my self-confidence to pull me through.
Self-confidence onstage doesn't mean a lack of nerves backstage. The stakes had increased. This wasn't practice anymore, this was my life. I'd stare into a dressing-room mirror and say, “Nadja, people have bought tickets, hired baby-sitters, you've got to calm down; go out there and prove yourself.”
Every night I'd prove myself again. My life work had truly begun

  1. 1.

    In a gesture to prepare for the competition, Nadja did all the following except _________

    1. A.
      preoccupying herself in practice
    2. B.
      trying to carry out her deeds secretly
    3. C.
      abandoning going to school for classes
    4. D.
      consuming the best food to get enough energy
  2. 2.

    How many violinists does the passage mention advanced to the finals?

    1. A.
      Four
    2. B.
      Five
    3. C.
      Six
    4. D.
      Seven
  3. 3.

    After Nadja finished playing at the finals, she went out for a while and when she came back to hear the other violinists she realized she had made a mistake because _________

    1. A.
      she forgot that there was going to be a recall
    2. B.
      she didn’t get hold of the permission to leave
    3. C.
      chances were that she had to replay and she was off guard
    4. D.
      there was another play she had to take part in in the afternoon

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